Jonny the spud

Adam is in the UK. He arrived this morning

Not a question of being symptom free... he had Covid in January, it was just a positive test earlier in the week that was followed up by two negative ones. He was kicked off his flight last night and fined as he’s now on a quarantine list. He spent right up until another flight left this morning trying to get the list revised. even driving to the UK would have been a €5,000 fine.

Nineteen quid .... that’s taking the wee a bit.

He’s out of surgery and stable

It also can affect uk riders racing abroad now that Britain is out of the EU. In addition to his British passport, Adam now has a French one so no problems with traveling / visas Europe.

I think the lesson here is to just subscribe digitally? ...... you save money and no hassle

Maybe he’s like Adam and has 2 passports (double nationality)?

Thé joys of Brexit part 2,542

Jeez, I wonder if they’ll wish Jimmy Savile all the best ... one of our greatest DJ’s .... You do sometimes wonder who’s in charge of their social media account and thought this was a good idea ?

The pair of them do more for the club than you’ll ever realise

In the last decade we’ve lost a few tracks here (St Colomb de Lauzan, Artigues de lussac, St Denis de pile) the grasstrack scene is still big here but clubs are moving more towards speedway. there’s also a speedway track / club at Macon near Lyon

All fans attend every meetings. The crowds aren’t massive but hopefully being starved of racing will encourage them to venture out.

It is. Believe it or not , not everything is about the money.

Nope

It’s gonna be a loooong trip for me to watch a meeting or two ( travel restrictions permitting)

When they were introduced I was riding grasstrack and longtrack throughout Europe ( albeit on a sidecar) but I would mix with riders every weekend throughout the season. I can only go on what they told me.

because a majority of riders found them easier to ride than uprights

So no Asians go to football matches then ?

If that’s the case you have to ask what British speedway has done in the last 40+ years to target them as a potential audience ?

Using that argument won’t switching to upright make it more expensive as all the lay down engines / frames will become obsolete as everyone has to buy uprights? also second hand kit will become worthless so anyone starting up would have to shell out a fortune as only new stuff would be available

I give it till tomorrow before the “ the bikes are too fast nowadays/ there’s no skill involved in riding them (even though most of the critics wouldn’t even know how to start a bike), let’s go back to uprights/ black leathers and bibs/ proper cinders on the tracks/ eeeeeee I saw Tommy ( the mad wellie) Wilkinshaw in 1952 and he used to ride with a rusty Brillo pad on his helmet” brigade come and tell you that’s what’s needed.

With checks now having to be made as the UK has third country status in terms of the EU. Will that mean that riders will have to go back to the old days of getting a carnet stamped before crossing into Europe ? I can remember long waits at the customs having every frame / engine number checked etc. will this need to be tested / looked into before the start of an already delayed season to make sure that no riders are stuck at ports ?

Do you have to pay for tests in the uk ?

Bearing in mind that laydowns have been used for about 30 years then they should sort the damned tracks out then.

Even if the carnet does last a year it’s still a ball ache, I know riders have ridden abroad before... I was one of them. Every bike frame / engine number had to be on the corner with long waits at the border etc.... I’ve also been the organizer when you get a call on Friday morning saying ‘can you race on Sunday in Germany’ , just organizing ferry’s/ tunnels, time off work, bike prep etc is hard enough with having to add the “fun” of customs to it all. still... blue passports eh?